In a year that has seen African American actors receive top honors than ever, Blackface revisits the efforts of black filmmakers and the portrayal of African Americans in cinema As a film critic for the Village Voice, Nelson George has analyzed films and reported on the careers of black directors and actors as the screenplay writer for Strictly Business and the co aIn a year that has seen African American actors receive top honors than ever, Blackface revisits the efforts of black filmmakers and the portrayal of African Americans in cinema As a film critic for the Village Voice, Nelson George has analyzed films and reported on the careers of black directors and actors as the screenplay writer for Strictly Business and the co author and executive producer for CB4, George experienced Hollywood from the inside, meeting with studio execs and creating movies that didn t turn out as he hoped George shares a candid and personal perspective on 30 years of African American cinema in Blackface both the films he saw and the films he made Blackface includes essays on 2002 s honorary Academy Award winner Sidney Poitier, the Black Filmmaker Foundation, Spike Lee, and George s CB4 partner Chris Rock George also discusses the impact of African American independent films since the 60s, the blaxploitation craze, and the influence of white money on black artists New to this edition are pieces on the Hughes brothers, Richard Pryor, and African American cinema at the beginning of the 21st century, as well as George s own encounters with Hollywood.

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A very good book that serves as combination memoir of Mr. George's personal history with the movies (as viewer, reviewer, and creator), and a look at the history of black films and filmmaking from the 1960's on. There is a focus on 1991, when 19 films were released that had been directed by African-Americans.There is also a solid production diary section on the making of CB4, which George produced and co-wrote with Chris Rock.